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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing
home, Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896-1957) —
also known as Maxwell M. Hamilton —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla., December
20, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1945-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
12, 1957 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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Donald Read Heath (1894-1981) —
also known as Donald R. Heath —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
12, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bucharest, 1921-23; Warsaw, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1924-25; Berne, 1925-29; Port-au-Prince, 1929-33; Santiago, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1947-50; Cambodia, 1950-52; Laos, 1950-54; Vietnam, 1950-52; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1952-54; Vietnam, 1952-54; Lebanon, 1955-57; Saudi Arabia, 1958-61.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died in Orinda, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
15, 1981 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Van Heflin (1910-1971) —
also known as Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Walters, Cotton
County, Okla., December
13, 1910.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Irish
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Suffered a heart
attack while swimming,
and died six weeks later, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 23,
1971 (age 60 years, 222
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Jared William Huffman (b. 1964) —
also known as Jared Huffman —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., February
18, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 2006-12; member, Platform Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008 ; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 2013-.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2018.
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Ronald R. James (b. 1928) —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 11,
1928.
Mayor
of San Jose, Calif., 1966-70.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of W. Ray James and Mina (Pelton) James; married, August
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